Category Archives: News
Send a Christmas e-card & donate to WAMES
Send an e-card this Christmas There are many reasons to replace paper greetings cards with e-cards: it takes less energy for people with ME and carers it side-steps some disruptions i.e. train and Royal Mail strikes it reduces our … Continue reading
#WAMES_800 Fundraising Journey – 3rd £100 target reached
#WAMES_800 Fundraising Journey climbs another step towards our goal We have climbed another step towards reaching our target of £800 to fund next year’s WAMES activities. The £300 milestone has been reached, but still £500 to go. We need … Continue reading
Long COVID review: links with ME/CFS
Long COVID & ME/CFS A Physiological Society virtual meeting in February 2022 brought clinicians and researchers together to discuss the current understanding of long COVID mechanisms, risk factors and recovery. An international group of researchers have published a review … Continue reading
Visible: the app designed to make the invisible, visible
‘Visible’ The app designed to track the different symptoms of ME and the effects of Long Covid, with the Beta version now being open to the general public. Created by Harry Lemming, the app is aimed for those with … Continue reading
Research: Are there differences in symptoms among black & white patients with ME/CFS
Differences in symptoms among black and white patients with ME/CFS American researchers Prof Leonard Jason and Chelsea Torres found comparable ME/CFS symptoms in a small study comparing Black and White patients, although in the control groups (i.e. people who … Continue reading
Research review: Mindfulness meditation interventions for long COVID & ME/CFS
Mindfulness meditation – a useful intervention for long COVID & ME/CFS Prof Leonard Jason and Dr Nicole Porter have explored the research into mindfulness meditation to find out if it can help people with post viral conditions like long … Continue reading
Research: Factors influencing the prognosis of patients with ME/CFS
Factors influencing the prognosis of patients with ME/CFS French researchers have confirmed the results of previous studies that found poor rates of recovery in ME/CFS. Only 8.3% of 168 patients recovered and 4.8% significantly improved. Delay in diagnosis reduced … Continue reading
Research: COVID infection reactivates viruses more strongly in people with ME/CFS
COVID reactivates viruses in ME/CFS Swedish researchers searched for viruses in the blood and saliva of 95 non-vaccinated ME/CFS patients and 110 healthy people following a Covid-19 infection. Dormant viruses in both groups were reactivated, but more strongly in … Continue reading
Doctors use more negative language about ME/CFS online than other illnesses
Doctors’ attitudes to medical conditions On an online medical forum physicians were found to discuss ME/CFS, depression and Lyme disease with more negative language than 21 other diseases. The results for ME/CFS included over 4 times more negative words … Continue reading
